Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection

September 10, 2025–July 12, 2026

Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection explores how artists have represented, reshaped, and reimagined familiar objects, drawing attention to the role of design in our everyday lives

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  • Ann Greene Kelly: Untitled (Tire/Wheel), 2017; plastic chairs, resin, wire, hardware, plaster, aluminum, graphite, and colored pencil; 31 x 32 x 14 in.; BAMPFA Collection, purchase made possible through a gift of the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors.

  • Sara Siestreem, i love you lucille ball, 2015–2022; acrylic, graphite, color pencil, and Xerox transfer on 45 panel boards; 16 x 16 in. each; 88 x 144 in. overall; BAMPFA Collection, museum purchase with funds donated by Dr. Janet Mohle-Boetani and Mark Manasse, Sara Miller Meigs, and the Greg & Cathy Tibbles Fund of OCF.

  • Charlene Tan, Researching and Remembering, 2022–2023; seed beads, cowrie shells, freshwater pearls, imitation pearls, Capiz shell, abalone, pva glue, archival digital print, on plywood; 43 x 59 in; BAMPFA Collection, fift of the artist and re.riddle gallery.

  • Sargent Claude Johnson, Proscenium, 1937; carved and gilt wood; 86 x 247 x 5 ½ in.; BAMPFA Collection, transfer from University of California Collection.

  • Mary Heilmann, L.A. Pair, 1976; acrylic on canvas; 60 x 48 ¾ in. each of two; BAMPFA Collection, gift of John L. Bloch.

  • David Ireland, South China Chairs, 1979; oil on Pelembang cane; 43 x 50 x 45 in. each of two; BAMPFA Collection, gift of the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation.

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